Instructions for Student Discipline in the Institutions of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research 

Taxonomy Education 
Issuer Iraq – Federal 

Type of legislation Instructions  
Legislation  No.160  

Date of Legislation 2007  

Entry into force of legislation 

 Title of legislation Instructions for student discipline in institutions of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research 

Source: Iraqi Gazette | Issue No:4034 |Date:22/02/2007 | Number of pages: 4 |Page Number  :2 

Based on the provisions  of paragraph (2) of Article (37) and  paragraph  (2) of Article (47) of the Law of  the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research No. (40  ) of 1988.  

Article 1 

The student is committed to the following:  
First: Compliance with the laws, regulations, internal regulations, instructions and orders issued by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and its institutions (university, body, college, institute). 
Second: Not to prejudice religious beliefs, national unity or national feelings by bad or deliberately stirring up sectarian, ethnic or religious strife in fact or in words. 
Third: Not to harm the reputation of the ministry or its institutions by word or deed inside or outside it. 
Fourth – Avoid everything that contradicts with university behavior of high discipline and respect for the administration, faculty and staff and collegial relations and cooperation between students. 
Fifth: Disciplined and correct behavior that will positively affect him when appointing and nominating for scholarships and fellowships. 
Sixth: Refrain from any action that would disturb the order, tranquility and tranquility inside the university campus (college or institute), or participate in it, incite it, or cover up those who carry it out. 
Seventh: Preserving the study supplies and property of the university, body, college or institute. 
Eighth – Not to prejudice the proper functioning of the study in the college or institute. 
Ninth: Adherence to the uniform prescribed for students, taking into account the privacy of each university or body separately. 
Tenth: Avoid calling for the establishment of organizations that would deepen discrimination or practice any kind of political, religious or social persecution. 
Eleventh – Avoid propaganda for any party or political organization or ethnic, national or sectarian group, whether in hanging pictures, banners and posters or holding seminars. 
Twelfth – Not to invite partisan figures to give lectures or hold partisan or religious propaganda seminars on campus in order to preserve national unity. 

Article 2 

The student shall be punished by warning if he commits one of the following violations: 
First: Non-compliance with the uniform prescribed by the university or the authority. 
Second: Abuse of collegial relations between students or bypassing it by saying to one of the students. 

Article 3 

The student shall be punished by warning if he commits one of the following violations:  
First – an act that requires punishment by warning with a previous punishment with a warning penalty. 
Second: Breach of order, tranquility and tranquility in the university, body, college or institute. 

Article 4 

The student shall be punished by dismissal for a period of (30) thirty days if he commits one of the following violations:  
First – an act that requires punishment by warning with a previous punishment with a warning penalty. 
Second: Overcoming it by saying to one of the university’s employees who is not a faculty member. 
Third – Defamation of a member of the teaching staff in a way that offends him inside or outside the college or institute. 
Fourth: Placing posters – inside the campus – that violate public order and morals. 

Article 5 

The student shall be punished by temporary dismissal from the university for a period not exceeding one academic year if he commits one of the following violations: 
First: If he repeatedly commits one of the acts stipulated in Article (4) of these instructions. 
Second: Practiced or incited sectarian or ethnic blocs or political or partisan gatherings on campus. 
Third – Assault on one of the university’s employees who is not a faculty member. 
Fourth: His use of violence against fellow students. 
Fifth: Threats of armed violence. 
Sixth – Carrying weapons of all kinds, with or without leave on campus. 
Seventh: Causing deliberate or gross negligence damage to the property of the university, body, college or institute. 
Eighth: Insulting national unity or religious beliefs. 
Ninth: Bypassing it by saying to one of the faculty members inside or outside the college or institute. 
Tenth – Harming the reputation of the university or the body by word or deed. 
Eleventh – Deliberate breach of the proper conduct of the study. 
Twelfth – It is proven that he committed fraud and fraud on his fellow students and employees of the college or institute. 

Article 6 

The student shall be punished by the final dismissal from the college or institute and by a decision of the university or the authority, and his registration shall be numbered if he commits 
one of the following violations: First – Repeating one of the violations stipulated in Article (5) of these instructions. 
Second: Assaulting a faculty member or lecturer at the university, body, college or institute. 
Third: Coming is a disgraceful act that is contrary to morals and public morals. 
Fourth: Submitting any forged documents, books or documents with knowledge that they are forged or that he is one of the instigators of forgery. 
Fifth: It is proven that he committed an act that violates security and tranquility on campus, or participated in it or assisted it. 
Sixth: When convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, his sentence shall be increased for more than one year. 

Article 7 

First: The imposition of the penalties stipulated in Articles  (2), (3), (4),  (5)  and  (6) of these instructions on the violating student shall not prevent the imposition of other penalties if the violation occurs under penalty of punitive laws.  
Second – If a criminal case is filed against the student for an act attributed to him outside the university or institute, its consideration shall be disciplinary until the criminal case is decided. 

Article 8 

The Dean of the College or Institute forms a student discipline committee headed by the assistant dean and the membership of two faculty members, provided that one of the members of the committee is legal. And a representative of the Student Union (elected) and assigns one of the administrative staff to the work of the committee’s rapporteur. 

Article 9 

No disciplinary penalty may be imposed unless recommended by the Student Discipline Committee. 

Article 10 

The disciplinary penalties stipulated in these instructions shall be imposed by a decision of the College or Institute Council, and the Council may delegate its powers to the Dean of the College or Institute. 

Article 11 

First: The penalty for warning and warning shall be final. 
Second: The student who is dismissed from the college or institute for a period not exceeding ( 30 ) thirty days may object to the decision of dismissal with the college or institute council, and his decision shall be final. 

Article 12 

The student may object to the dismissal decisions stipulated in items (second), (third) and (fourth) of Article (11) of these instructions within (7) seven days from the date of being informed of the decision issued against him,  and if it is not possible to inform him, he has the right to object within (15) fifteen days from the date of publication of the dismissal decision on the notice board.  

Article 13 

The penalty decision shall be suspended on the bulletin board in the college or institute for a period of not less than ( 15 ) fifteen days, and the student’s guardian shall inform it in writing. 

Article 14 

The Instructions of Discipline of Higher Education Students No. (  19  ) of 1989 shall be  repealed. 

Article 15 

These instructions shall be implemented from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.